Ezra 4:14-16

The Voice

¹⁴ Since we are your servants and the government’s representatives to these foreigners, we are offended by any actions taken against you and are informing you of these actions. ¹⁵ We suggest that if you read your predecessors’ court documents and learn about the history of the Jews of Jerusalem, you will find that they are notoriously rebellious, harming kings and provinces and instigating revolts. Their actions caused your ancestors to destroy Jerusalem and exile its inhabitants.

¹⁶ We recommend that you, our king, act quickly. If those fortifications are completed, then you will lose your provinces west of the Euphrates to a Jerusalem-led rebellion.